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Discovery Episodes

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    Robin Dunbar

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Robin Dunbar about his work on maintaining friendships.

  2. Katherine Joy

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Katherine Joy about her work with moon rock.

  3. Sir Gregory Winter

    Jim Al-Khalili speaks to the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter.

  4. Turi King: Solving the mystery of Richard III through DNA

    DNA detective Turi King discusses her life scientific with Jim al-Khalili.

  5. Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson

    How Richard Thompson alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean.

  6. Protecting heads in sports

    How science and technology could protect sportsmen and women from traumatic brain injury

  8. Preventing pesticide poisoning

    How banning pesticides in Sri Lanka led to a massive drop in suicides

  9. The power of peace

    Lucy Cooke discovers whether it's better to fight or make peace in the animal kingdom

  10. The power of petite

    Lucy Cooke discovers why being small can give you a step up on the evolutionary ladder

  11. The power of deceit

    Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy.

  12. Patient Undone

    Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis transformed her view of medical ethics

  13. The Great Science Publishing Scandal

    Matthew Cobb asks who owns research. Scientists, publishers or the public?

  14. Erica McAlister

    Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.

  15. Richard Peto

    Epidemiologist Richard Peto talks about his work on the links between tobacco and disease.

  16. Lovelock at 100: Gaia on Gaia

    James Lovelock on how he developed Gaia theory.

  17. What next for the Moon?

    The Moon rush is back. And everyone is a player. Roland Pease looks at the new space race

  18. Irene Tracey on pain in the brain

    Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.

  19. Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer

    Paul Davies talks to Jim al-Khalili about the origin of life and the search for aliens.

  21. Why do birds sing?

    6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age?

  22. Does infinity exist?

    Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge

  23. Why do we get d茅j脿 vu?

    4/6 Plus is anything really random?

  24. Will we ever find alien life?

    3/6 Where are we looking for alien life and what are the chances of finding it?

  25. Why people have different pain thresholds

    2/6 Plus, how fast can a human run?

  26. How do instruments make music?

    1/6 Why do different musical instruments sound unique?

  27. A sense of time

    Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me?

  28. Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes

    Jim al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter

  29. Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time

    Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems

  30. Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 on carbon and climate

    Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 on carbon and the global climate

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